{"id":2063,"date":"2005-03-25T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-25T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2005\/03\/25\/how-can-purchasing-certification-help-you-in-your-career\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T19:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T23:03:54","slug":"how-can-purchasing-certification-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/how-can-purchasing-certification-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Purchasing Certification Help You In Your Career?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>People often ask me: \u201cHow will earning a purchasing certification help me in my career?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having been a purchasing manager who was responsible for recruiting, interviewing, and hiring many purchasing professionals, the answer is so obvious.<\/p>\n<p>Hiring managers often find the recruiting process to be difficult. Usually, there are many qualified candidates who apply for scarce purchasing jobs. These candidates all have resumes boasting years and years of experience. They have the same degrees. They all present themselves very professionally in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>How does a manager decide which candidate to choose for a job or promotion?<\/p>\n<p>Managers look for tie-breakers. Some way of differentiating one candidate from another. Certification can be that tie-breaker.<\/p>\n<p>If one candidate is certified and another isn\u2019t, who will get the job? Usually, the person who is certified.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really that simple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/individuals\/membership\/\">Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/spsm-vs-cpo-suite\/\">SPSM vs. CPO Suite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-procurement-promotion-that-you-lost-but-didnt-even-know-that-you-were-considered-for\/\">The Procurement Promotion That You Lost (But Didn\u2019t Even Know That You Were Considered For)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/procurement-interview-questions\/\">Procurement Interview: Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/improving-your-procurement-teams-skills-requires-this-commonly-forgotten-element\/\">Improving Your Procurement Team\u2019s Skills Requires This Commonly Forgotten Element<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/are-your-purchasing-job-descriptions-outdated\/\">Are Your Purchasing Job Descriptions Outdated?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/benefits-of-the-spsm-certification\">The Benefits of the SPSM Certification in Bullet Points<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NLPA Learning Recommends<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Are You Chief Procurement Officer Material?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=37\">How to Take Charge of Your Procurement Career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Measuring The Impact of Procurement Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Millennials in Procurement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Procurement Leader vs. Purchasing Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><strong>NLPA Learning<\/strong><\/a>, the new home to all of our certifications and online courses. NLPA Learning also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and much more!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Can Purchasing Certification Help You In Your Career? - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How will earning a purchasing certification help me in my career? 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